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Currently I'm searching for a nice way to implement my ChemDraw graphics into $\mathrm{\LaTeX}$.
There is a package called chemnum which will auto-label the compounds in the eps-graphic which sounds nice. The package describes, that I need to put "temporary markers" inside the document where the number should be.
How do I get these markers? I guess it is not a normal text area, isn't it? I'm using ChemDraw 16.0.1.4.
The ChemNum package documentation that can be found on CTAN specifies:
Create the scheme and place temporary tags like TMP1, TMP2 and so on where you want the compound labels to be.
A question on TeX.SX specifies:
When you create a text box and type into it, it will store it as a string correctly in the EPS. However, it was (sometimes) automatically putting it into chemical formula mode - so that in TMP1, the 1 was subscript (TMP1). Even if you fix this manually, it now saves the
TMPand1separately in the EPS, meaning CHemNum fails to findTMP1.
Thus, it seems all you need to do is create textboxes with the appropriate labels.
tmp1etc below the compounds you want to label, then let the latex macro replace those with the actual numbers from the aux-files. This requires at least two runs, and you are limited to using epslatex. There are certain drawbacks to this. $\endgroup$ – Martin - マーチン♦ Dec 18 '18 at 10:16